Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/zqb0k0Jk2HY   You know vegetables are healthy, but you avoid their bitter tastes like the plague.  A freshly minted study from the University of Kentucky explains that your extreme aversion may be due to you having two copies of the bitter taste gene.   The researchers studied the food preferences and genetics of 175 participants.  Those with two copies of the bitter taste gene were more than 2.5 times as likely to be in the group of vegetable haters.   Those with one copy of the bitter gene ate more veggies but not as many as those without a bitter gene.   If you find veggies bitter, experiment mixing them with foods you love.    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191111084916.htm   #Vegetables #bitter #genetics